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• Detecting disease earlier

  
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  Shaky hands, tremors, rigid muscles, slower movements—these are all recognizable symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, a neurological disorder affecting a half million people in the United States. Rahul Shrivastav, professor and chair of MSU’s Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, is working on a way to ...
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• Navneet K. Tyagi: What You Should Know About Parkinson’s Disease

  
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  Navneet K. Tyagi, a renowned doctor and expert in the field of neurodegenerative diseases, knows how frightening it can be when you first notice symptoms of an incurable disease like Parkinson’s. There are some things you should know, though. Although symptoms can be frightening at first and you might not want to go ...
  5 days ago

• Human cloning developments raise hopes for new treatments

  
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  The post Human cloning developments raise hopes for new treatments appeared first on Innovation Toronto. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  6 days ago

• Human cloning developments raise hopes for new treatments

  
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  People with conditions such as heart disease or Parkinsons could benefit from tissue grown with their own DNA Lorraine Barnes suffered a heart attack in 2005 and has lived with the consequences – extreme exhaustion and breathlessness – ever since. "I was separated from my husband and so my children, Charlotte and ...
  6 days ago

• Boosting cellular garbage disposal can delay the aging process and increased fruitfly lifespan by 25% by stimulating expression of one gene

  
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  UCLA life scientists have identified a gene previously implicated in Parkinsons disease that can delay the onset of aging and extend the healthy life span of fruit flies. The research, they say, could have important implications for aging and disease in humans. The gene, called parkin, serves at least two vital ...
  1 week ago

• Dietary Nicotine In Peppers May Reduce Risk Of Developing Parkinsons Disease

  
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  New research reveals that Solanaceae - a flowering plant family with some species producing foods that are edible sources of nicotine - may provide a protective effect against Parkinsons disease. The study appearing in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society, ...
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• Cancer drug prevents build-up of toxic brain protein

  
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  "This drug, (   nilotinib ) in very low doses, turns on the garbage disposal machinery inside neurons to clear toxic proteins from the cell. By clearing intracellular proteins, the drug prevents their accumulation in pathological inclusions called Lewy bodies and/or tangles, and also prevents amyloid secretion into ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cancer Drug Prevents Build-up of Toxic Brain Protein

  
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  Using a tiny dose of the leukemia drug nilotinib, researchers halt the accumulation of toxic proteins linked to Parkinsons diseases in the brains of mice.
  2 weeks ago

• What Is Dopamine, Dopamine Benefits And Possible Negative Side Effects.

  
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  What is a dopamine? In order to understand the answer to this question, you must know about dopamine, the effects relating to it and its uses. Dopamine is actually a natural hormone produced in our brain, and this hormone regulates our mood, different emotions, our ability to deal with stress, anxiety, and regulates ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Watchdog Protein: Research leads to new therapies for Parkinson’s

  
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  McGill University researchers have unlocked a new door to developing drugs to slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease. Collaborating teams led by Dr. Edward A. Fon at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -The Neuro, and Dr. Kalle Gehring in the Department of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Eating nicotine-containing produce like peppers, tomatoes may lower Parkinson’s risk

  
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  A new study shows that eating foods that contain naturally-occurring nicotine may be able reduce the risk of Parkinson’s Disease. Parkinson’s is a neurodegenerative brain disorder that causes a group of motor system problems. About 50,000 to 60,000 patients are … read more Related posts: Breast Cancer Risk ...
  2 weeks ago

• Scientists Investigate Possible Cause of Parkinson’s Disease

  
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  “Nucleolus”, or small nucleus, is the term coined by early biologists for the tiny structure within the nucleus which they saw under the microscope. In this structure within the nucleus, RNA molecules and proteins are assembled to form ribosomes, the true protein factories of cells. Defective nucleoli have been ...
  2 weeks ago

• Restless Legs Syndrome, Insomnia And Brain Chemistry: A Tangled Mystery Solved?

  
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  Using neuroimaging, researchers discovered glutamate levels are abnormally high in people with restless leg syndrome. The higher the level of glutamate in patients with RLS, the less sleep they were able to get.
  2 weeks ago

• Human brain cells developed in lab, grow in mice

  
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  A key type of human brain cell developed in the laboratory grows seamlessly when transplanted into the brains of mice, UC San Francisco researchers have discovered, raising hope that these cells might one day be used to treat people with Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and possibly even Alzheimer’s disease, as well ...
  2 weeks ago

• Increasing Parkin Levels Found To Increase Lifespan of Fruit Flies

  
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  Life Extension  UCLA life scientists have identified a gene previously implicated in Parkinsons disease that can delay the onset of aging and extend the healthy life span of fruit flies.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• New Hope for Alzheimer’s Treatment?

  
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  From Baton Rouges Home Instead Senior Care blog.I look in my husband’s eyes, and he doesn’t recognize me anymore.  Still, I look.  I hope desperately that one day, even for a moment, he... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 weeks ago

• 12 Surprising Facts You Didn’t know About Parkinson’s Disease

  
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  Parkinson’s (also known as idiopathic parkinsonism, hypokinetic rigid syndrome/HRS, or paralysis agitans) was first discovered in 1817 by British doctor James Parkinson, and brought into public attention in the modern times by celebrities with parkinsonism including Michael J. Fox and Muhammad Ali. ...
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• Tai chi improves balance and motor control in Parkinson’s disease

  
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  It isn’t every day that an effective new treatment for some Parkinson’s disease symptoms comes along. Especially one that is safe, causes no adverse side effects, and may also benefit the rest of the body and the mind. That’s why I read with excitement and interest a report in the New England Journal of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fish Oil Just May be the Supplement to Rule All Supplements

  
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  This is a sponsored post written on behalf of OVitaminPro.com. Incentive was provided to me, and opinions are my own. The use of Omega 3 for health benefits is a common practice. The fatty acid is clinically proven to reduce inflammation in some areas of the body, while other health benefits–such as an aid for ...
  3 weeks ago

• Manufacturing issues trip up approval for Gilead, Impax

  
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  Once drugs are approved, manufacturing is supposed to kick in and get the product out the door so drugmakers can start making some money. But recently, questions about manufacturing have not only been a stumbling block for some companies to getting approvals, they have broken up a relationship.
  3 weeks ago

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